Runescape Updates

  1. Spin and Win on the Squeal of Fortune!
  1. Tweaks and Fixes (Release Notes)
  1. Wounded Soldiers, Strict Nurses and Voice-Acting Winners
  1. Behind the Scenes - March
  1. Quick rundown of each item (30 - 45 seconds)

Questions

Audio Question from Uncle Dano

Audio Question from Thomas

Audio Question from Jason

Question from Firering401

Do you think Jagex have made the game progressively more individualistic and anti-social? For example, do you think things designed to bring people together, like clan chat (now "friends chat"), actually cause more anti-social practices in game?

I have noticed this feature brought away from the old "public chat", people are busy talking to their friends and not talking to public (which reduces the amount of new people met and acquaintances acquired). But as a counterarguement, these features have brought existing friends closer...

What do you think?

Question from AndyMaster24

Currently in the game the best ways to make money are flipping, boss killing, winning something at random chance from the new roulette thing, staking, etc. What do you think Jagex might do in the future to make skilling a more viable option to make money or is this the way they like it? How do you personally make money in the game?

Question from Marking22

I have started farming again so of course I have some questions for shane. First, is Chief Snake's farming guide still good to follow? Second, what are the best things to farm money wise and xp wise. Third,can you give me a typically trip of your ( I hope) daily farming. Also, I am 92 farming if that helps any.

Question from Lord Rickles

Hey guys!

Last week His Lordship and the Wilderness Guardians released a video highlighting PKing's past and made a plea to Jagex to make some changes to the Wilderness to enhance the PKing experience to attempt to make PKing popular again.

My questions are: do you think there would be any benefit to the game as a whole if PKing made a comeback, or do you think we are better off now than before? Would it even be possible to make PKing a stand-alone reason to play RS again, or have we reached a point that prevents player killing from ever gaining the following it once had?

Thank you for all the hard work, and congrats on the 350th podcast!

Humbly yours,

Lord Rickles

Tech News

  1. Windows 8 Customer Preview
  2. IBM: We’re on the cusp of the Quantum Computing revolution
  3. A Google+ Update, is it a “ghost town”?

Other Things

  1. March SKOTM and February Winner
  2. Achievements of The Week
  1. Lipuro - 99 Runecrafting, Feb 28, 2012
  2. Chimera760 - 99 Firemaking, Feb 25, 2012
  1. Shane’s Pick: Windows 8 Consumer Preview  
  2. Trekkie’s Voice Acting Competition Results
  3. Informer Roundup and Informer Applications
  4. What have we been doing?

Show Data

  1. Episode Title: The Hidden Reward
  2. Recorded Date: March 2, 2012
  3. Release Date: March 3, 2012
  4. Hosts: Shane and Trekkie
  5. Duration: 1:32:51
  6. Editing Notes: None